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EXHIBITION: Saodat Ismailova 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
Sep 12 — Nov 28, 2026
Wed — Sat, 1:00 — 6:00 p.m.

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This time last year I was sailing through the sulu sea with aunty and cousins by my side, on a roro cargo ship, mind you, protected by the watchful eye of our guiding stars and of course, theeee ancestral mat. Those two days on that boat nursed the seeds to my first short film, Biraddali dancing on the horizon, a film that would premier the following month in London, then Vancouver..then, now.. the world. I’m in awe of how this tiny thread, birthed in the womb of the sulu sea wove such an expansive, illustrious story and our story of 2024 was a big trans-oceanic-route-austronesian-dolls-conjuring-story!!!

Thankful for all my fellow master weavers who conjured me and my people into spaces, especially humbled by the love of those curators who kept showing up for me and affirming these stories ( love you ed, Susan, Brook, Pasky and X ) and even more grateful for all I met on the way especially the Zollsss who reminded me home is where the girls are at. Keep weaving, keep sailing, keep conjuring 2025 ⚔️

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“Echoes Beyond the Archipelago” at Western Front celebrates the pioneering work of Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist José Maceda. Maceda, often overlooked in music history, innovatively merged avant-garde techniques with traditional Asian music. Curated by Aki Onda, the exhibition showcases Maceda’s life and compositions through archives, including notable works like Pagsamba and Ugnayan.

“Echoes Beyond the Archipelago” continues until July 27th.

#art #contemporaryart #abstractart #vancouver #vancouverart #yvr #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #yvrart #artwork

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Creative space. Photo by zoran © 2024 #building #vancity #vanlife #artwork #artgallery #vancouver #vancitybuzz #creative #vanart #wall #westcoast #space #emptyspace #plants #vancouverisawesome #shadow #heritage #art #artshow #contemporaryart #yvrarts #yvrlife #photo #architecture #westernfront #lines #space #instagood #corner #hallway #radiator

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I am in a show alongside A Maior (@brunozhu) called “Wishing on my Falsies” opening tomorrow at @western_front✨ I’m doing a performance at 5:30 sharp
massive thank you to @kielllingmesoftly for the amazing curation and care and @susangibb_ @benjywilson @anktid and everyone at WF for being so supportive and accommodating❣️ and special shoutout to @lees_electronic for always being there for me through thick and thin 🔌

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“...if we’re speaking about wounds and healing, was the integration of Daoism into all of this, into an artistic practice, which took me a very long time…to even find Daoism first of all, and then to be able to bring that in as a Chinese person and to not feel auto-Orientalizing or to not feel self-conscious about reading the Zhuangzi, or looking at the I Ching, doing all these things.” — Fan Wu

New on ReIssue! ✨ Amy Gottung in conversation with Julian Hou and Fan Wu on their recent album, 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮, released by Hou’s label, Second Spring 🌱

@amyamyamyggg @julian_hou @abolishedbauble @secondspring.online

An audio version of the interview is available, along with text and images, on https://reissue.pub 🔮 Link in bio~

ID: Fan Wu is seated in a room facing the camera, speaking into a microphone, and looking down at a music-sheet stand. Behind him are three speakers, one is held up by a stand.

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RIP Anna Banana 🍌 1940 - 2024 Canadian performance artist, mail artist, publisher of VILE arts journal, Top Banana, and so much more. #🍌

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SPRING ROLL: Mardon + Mitsuhashi: whereverever

Performance as part of the Spring Roll festival🌱
Fri 26.4.2024 at 19
Contemporary Art Space Kutomo

Tickets: 5–25€
Book yours via Ehkä’s Holvi shop, link in bio!

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whereverever is a new work by Canadian choreographers Mardon + Mitsuhashi – the collaborative entity of Alexa Mardon and Erika Mitsuhashi. Across a sixteen-minute video and forty-minute dance performance, whereverever playfully traces possible beginnings and belonging by following the question “How did we get here?”.

Researched and filmed on location in their respective ancestral places (Finland and Japan), in whereverever the makers open themselves up to instruction: celestial, familial, and invisible.

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Creation and performance: Mardon + Mitsuhashi (Alexa Mardon and Erika Mitsuhashi)
Videography and editing: Alysha Seriani
Composer: Sasha J. Langford
Costume design: Jaewoo Kang
Additional props and costumes: Natalie Purschwitz
Lighting design: Nien-Tzu Weng
Technical manager: Jack Chipman
Artistic mentors: Justine A. Chambers, Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph, and Mala Kline
Dramaturgy support: Joanna Garfinkel
Accessibility consultation: Cara Eastcott, Amy Amantea, and Shannon Gagnon
Audio description: Andrea Cownden
Production: Western Front, and Mardon + Mitsuhashi
Production of the guest performance: Ehkä-production and Mardon + Mitsuhashi, in collaboration with the Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland
Residencies: Ehkä-production/Contemporary Art Space Kutomo (Turku), Leña Residency (Galiano Island), and Western Front artist-in-residence program (Vancouver)
Supporters: British Columbia Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Company 605, Government of Canada, MascallDance, Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, and What Lab
Premiere: 26.5.2023 Western Front, Vancouver
Duration: approx. 60 min
Language: English, Japanese, Finnish (English subtitles)
Photos: Rachel Topham Photography

📸: Rachel Topham Photography

#springroll2024 #ehkaproduction #contemporaryartspacekutomo #alexamardon #erikamitsuhashi #whereverever #performance #alyshaseriani

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Wishing on My Falsies plays with the subversion of glamour at @western_front.

Exhibition brings together works by Vancouver-based artist Katayoon Yousefbigloo and Portuguese collective A Maior.

Head to Stir for more.

#yvrarts #artsandculture #yvr #stirvancouver #vancouverarts #artexhibition #vancouverartist #vancouverart #vancouverbc

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Miko Revereza screening of ‘Nowhere Near’ at Western Front

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We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made the second series of Dear Friends & possible this year: to all the readers, for sharing their beautiful and engaging work; to Jonathan Alfaro for providing stunning backgrounds for each reading; to the Western Front for their generous hospitality and work on this series; and to you all, for showing up and creating such a warm space of community all year.

You can view recordings of each reading on our website.

We look forward to connecting with you again next year!

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Image credits:
1) Zoe Imani Sharpe reading at "Dear Friends &" in June 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
2) Phanuel Antwi reading at "Dear Friends &" in October 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
3) Jordan Abel reading at "Dear Friends &" in October 2024 at the Western Front. With artwork by Jonathan Alfaro. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
4) River Halen reading at "Dear Friends &" in July 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
5) Cody Caetano reading at "Dear Friends &" in November 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.

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This is so dope! That’s me on the cover of The Wire magazine! Issue number muthafuckin’ four hundred and eighty-two! I’m bursting with joy! Also, I look goooood!! HAHAHHAHA!!!

The story was written by John Morrison (@john_liberator) and photography was done by Ike Edeani (@edeani). It was such a pleasure to meet and get to talk with these brothers for this feature. Everyone needs to check out what they are doing because its supa fly. Thank you, John, and Ike, for making this a beautiful experience. Y’all got a brother over here cheesin’ like crazy!

The dedicated support of Western Front, Northern Spy, We Jazz, and the Robert D Bielecki Foundation for fLuXkit Vancouver (its suite but sacred) has been deeply inspiring. So please go buy my album because it is a beautiful work of art that I believe will enrich your life.

I want to share another piece of news with you all. This Fall I will be joining the @wesleyan_u University Music Department as Assistant Professor of Music. I am beyond excited about being a part of the legacy of this department and starting a new relationship with a university I truly admire. I will speak more on this in a future post.

In the meantime, go buy Issue 482 of @thewiremagazine there are so many wonderful stories inside. Also, my homegurl Harmony Holiday has a feature in this issue too. Nok La Sol Ti Bor!!!

#godisgood #him #artist #thewiremagazine #wesleyanuniversity #artisticpractice #sound #fluxus

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At Western Front, Fish Tail unfolds as an epistolary narrative, February 20.⁠
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The one-woman performance and installation is by Montreal’s Marie Ségolène Brault. Read more at Stir. ⁠
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#yvrarts #vancouverarts #vancouverbc #vancouvertheatre #yvrtheatre #onewomanperformance #femaletheatre #artsandculture

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